Few great quotes from the President's summit

[ProSense]

Few great quotes from this surreal event:

1. "If you think it's a socialist plot, then please drop out of the federal employees health program". (Dick Durbin)
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2. "Let me just make this point, John, because we're not campaigning anymore. The election's over". (President smartass). "I'm reminded of it every day". (Even more excellent news for...).
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3. "My colleague, Leader Boehner, the law of the land is there is no public funding of abortion, and there is no public funding of abortion in these bills and I don't want our listeners or viewers to get the wrong impression from what you said. Mr. Camp, you said that the Medicare cuts in this bill cut benefits for seniors. They do not. They do not. So I want the record to show just in those two cases, we may have differences of opinion and approach and evaluation of the value of different things, but certain things are facts about our bills that I cannot let the opposite view stand when they are stated". (Nancy Pelosi, wiping the floor with Camp and the Tan-Man).
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4. "Studies have shown that the people who use health spending accounts have a lot of disposable income, and WE are talking about folks who DON'T". (President smartass).
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5. Obama: "John Boehner, do you want to say anything in closing?". Tan-Man: "No". (Please don't cry).
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6. "I asked a question .... and I didn't get an answer on it .... and you're wasting time...". (President smartass).
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7. "Somehow you didn't reform health care when you had the WH, House and Senate". (President smartass).
   
   
8. "Rep Barton, I couldn't quite follow your math, not sure you could either...". (President smartass).
   
   
9. "You liked the idea of an exchange until I embraced it and then suddenly it became less of a good idea." (Well, you know).
   
   
10. "This is great, I wasn't expecting this, I thought it would be Kabuki. The President has real guts for doing this!" (Howard Dean).
    
    
11. "The most patient man in the world is Barack Obama". (Harry Reid).
    
    
12. "Our President is a great leader". (Nancy Pelosi).
    
    
13. "I have been here for 30 years and i can't remember an event like this". (Steny Hoyer).

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[Fridays Child]

1. k/r

[dmr]

2. "Rep Barton, I couldn't quite follow your math, not sure you could either...".

Totally enjoyed President Smartass today.

[theoldman]

3. Barton knows math?

This is news to me.

[Danascot]

21. It's like Evolution and Creation

just theories. Math has a notoriously liberal bias, ya know?

[applegrove]

4. Thanks for posting. Those are all "greats",

[BeFree]

5. President smart ass.!!

That is great. Some other thoughts:

I too was thinking that this style of democracy has never been seen at this level.

Obama is coming thru on his promises.

Godspeed, sir. May your fruits be as many numbered as the stars.

[Kind of Blue]

6. McCain: "Why in the world then would we carve out 800,000

people in Florida that would not have their Medicare Advantage cut? Now, I propose blah, blah blah..."

Obama: "I think you make a legitimate point." McCain doesn't realize the president agrees and tries to argue.

McCain: "Well..."

Obama: "I do. Thank you."

McCain: "Thank you. Thank you very much."

Laughter all around, and ear-to-ear smile from Obama who gives McCain a wink and a look that says, "John, you're an idiot."

KnR!

[hisownpetard]

22. Catching McCain mid-bluster and leaving him speechless? Priceless!

[Clio the Leo]

7. Remind me next time to start a "nothing but quotes thread"...

... I thought of that on approx min #15 of the President's "10 min closing statement."

[GiveMeFreedom]

8. Wow, these are great!!

Of course the McShame quote will live in posterity.

But to me the big slam them to the floor and rub their faces in it statement was ...

# "Somehow you didn't reform health care when you had the WH, House and Senate". (President smartass):spank:

Doesn't get any better than that on national television. :rofl:

[my2sense]

9. I couldn't have been prouder of him taking control

of this thing today. He schooled those fools as usual. Now let's get on with this thing......

[jenmito]

10. K&R. GREAT quotes!

[SeattleGirl]

11. Love the quotes! And I really loved hearing them today!

[ChicagoSuz219]

12. Great!

Some other things I liked were:

the President's ACME Insurance story

Max Baucus talking about Orbitz (in reference to putting up the Exchanges like Orbitz does for price comparison); and asking that Hospitals list their rates for different procedures. (Is that in the Bill? I LOVE that!)

On the break, a reporter asking Dick Durbin about "gapping the bridges" and Durbin chuckling & saying, "Oh, that's Eric Cantor... I prefer to think of it as bridging the gaps." LOL

"She wore her dead sister's teeth!" (Is Dental included? I didn't think so...)

Eric Cantor channeling Carrot Top... ;-)

The creative ways people were called 'liars.'

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In my opinion, the Summit was targeted to the people at home & the Blue Dogs. I don't think the President ever thought he'd get the republicans on board. It was, however, a great way to call them out on all their BS lies.

[MindandSoul]

13. I love it! President Obama has plenty of guts. . .he just chooses

when to exercise it for maximum effect!

His instincts are amazing!

[Jennicut]

14. "you're wasting my time". I loved that part.

Obama was patient, way more then I could be. But his temper showed through on occasion and I liked that. Only so much one could take.

[Orrex]

15. I remember when Bush hosted a similar summit in 2004

Oh, wait a minute!

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[DallasNE]

16. Obama Left Republicans Wishing

President Obama would use a teleprompter. Without it he ripped the Republicans a new a$$hole.

[CLANG]

19. Right! Obama can't do anything without his teleprompter

chirp...chirp...chirp...:spray: :rofl:

[hisownpetard]

23. Funny, but I haven't heard a single Repub use the word 'teleprompter' today. Have you?

[PatSeg]

17. Thank you so much

Great highlights of the summit!

[yurbud]

18. Was HOWARD DEAN at the table?! Does anybody have a list of participants?

[DesertFlower]

20. he was great. nt

[Cha]

24. "President Smartass"!!

:rofl: Thanks for these..I missed them.

[Cha]

25. President sounds like a

smartass bc he's dealing with such dumbasses.

[Cha]

26. President sounds like a

smartass bc he's dealing with such dumbasses.

Worth repeating:P

[bjjblackbelt]

27. ...

More talk to distract us from the broken promises. WWF theatrics pitting "team" vs "team" while the corporate bidding is ultimately done. Sickening.